After shots are reported, residents within miles of Eric Frein home ordered to get inside

Shots were fired Friday night within a mile of the home of Eric Matthew Frein, and police reportedly had a house surrounded and were closing in on him. Northern Monroe County residents were ordered to get indoors and stay away from their windows.

Frein, 31, had lived with his parents in the Canadensis section of Barrett Township and is wanted in the shooting death of a state trooper and the critical wounding of another outside a state police barracks in Pike County.

A Barrett official confirmed that police had "exchanged fire" with Frein, The Philadelphia Inquirer tweeted.

The shots were reported about 7:15 p.m. Minutes later, state police and Barrett police issued a warning urging all residents of Barrett and Price townships to "shelter in place" and stay inside. Police also asked that motorists avoid the two townships until officers could assure the public that the area is secure.

By 8:15 p.m., police cars were reported in the area of Blue Ridge Drive and Bear Town Road in Barrett. The area is about a quarter-mile south of Frein's Seneca Lane home. Police were paying special attention to one house with a kicked-in screen door.

As police closed in on the Blue Ridge Drive neighborhood late Friday night, township residents had shut themselves up in their home. Cole's Pizza restaurant along Route 390, where reporters had hung out during another search Thursday night, was quiet except for a few firefighters who came in for coffee.

At 11:03 p.m. a Barrett police car driving north into Canadensis made an abrupt U-turn and sped south.

Earlier, police were looking for a man who might be wet from crossing a body of water. Blue Ridge Drive winds around a large pond, created by a dam.

The police emergency showed up Friday night on the National Weather Service online map of watches, warnings and advisories.

On a map that normally shows the location of expected tornadoes and hair storms, Monroe County was depicted in pink, with the explanation, "Shelter in place warning."

Frein is accused of killing one state trooper and wounding another Sept. 12 outside the state police barracks at Blooming Grove.

On Thursday night, state police searched the same Canadensis area for Frein, but found nothing.

State police have been hunting for Frein since Tuesday, when investigators identified him as their only suspect.

He was linked to the ambush when police examined evidence from his parents' Jeep Cherokee SUV, which a man walking his dog found Monday in a pond a few miles north of the barracks.

Police say Frein is a self-styled survivalist who has taken part in World War II and Cold War battle re-enactments, and who allegedly has expressed a hostility toward law enforcement officers. He allegedly shot the troopers with a .308-caliber rifle.